Comparison of exposure assessment methods for occupational carcinogens in a multi-centre lung cancer case - Control study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 148-153

  Peters, Susan ^a   Vermeulen, Roel ^a,b   Cassidy, Adrian ^c   'T Mannetje, Andrea ^d   Van Tongeren, Martie ^e   Boffetta, Paolo ^f,g,h   Straif, Kurt ^f   Kromhout, Hans ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^e INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^g MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CARCINOGEN; SILICON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESEL ENGINE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; ASBESTOS; CARCINOGENS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SILICON DIOXIDE; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 78751648102     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2010.055608     Document Type: Article

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